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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Lots of people make bad decisions.  Our child was a serious musician but basically decided that she would apply only to top 10 conservatories and if she was not accepted then she would not pursue music.  It's like saying law school is a waste of time if you can't get into a top law school.  People do this all the time.  Anyone who goes to a nonranked PhD program or even worse self-funds that PhD program has only themselves to blame.  If you're not good enough to get a full ride at a top program then you're not actually good enough to be a professor.  It's like being a mediocre athlete and wanting to play pro ball.[/quote]

Reminds me of some friends' kids who are picking D-3 colleges because they can play sports there. I keep it to myself, but my thought is that they should just pick a college that's better academically and have fun playing intramural sports. [/quote]

+100

I live in Loudoun and have seen so many parents who pushed their kids endlessly in their sport hoping against hope that they would be stars. You be stunned at the "colleges" they attended. They put so much money and effort into the sport that all they care about is that their kid can get a picture on their hs twitter page on signing day. [/quote]

+1000 Academic s is far more important than sports at schools. Core mission of the school is to educate and sports is EC activity.[/quote]

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